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<H1>Chapter 10  Initialization</H1>
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After a signal on the RESET pin, certain registers of the 80386 are set to
predefined values. These values are adequate to enable execution of a
bootstrap program, but additional initialization must be performed by
software before all the features of the processor can be utilized.
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<A HREF="s10_01.htm">10.1  Processor State After Reset</A><BR>
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10.2  Software Initialization for Real-Address Mode</A><BR>
<A HREF="s10_03.htm">10.3  Switching to Protected Mode</A><BR>
<A HREF="s10_04.htm">10.4  Software Initialization for Protected Mode</A><BR>
<A HREF="s10_05.htm">10.5  Initialization Example</A><BR>
<A HREF="s10_06.htm">10.6  TLB Testing</A>
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